Mini Scrapbook

Supplies Needed:
2 – 5” squares of material or paper (to cover cardboard/chipboard)
2 – 4 ½” x 4 ½” squares of cardboard/chipboard
5 – 8” x 8” squares of cardstock
1 – 36” length of ribbon (1”- 1 1/2” wide)
Tacky Glue
Glue Stick
Scissors

Instructions:
1.	Take the 5” squares of material or paper and lay it flat on the table with the pattern side down.  Put tacky glue on one side of the cardboard/chipboard and place the glued side down in the center of the material/paper.  Glue overlapping edges inward, mitering corners.  Repeat for cardboard/chipboard #2.  Set aside.

2.	Take 1 square of cardstock and fold it corner A to corner B (see fig. #1).  Open it back up and fold C to D (see fig. #2).  Open it up and fold E to F (see fig. #3).  The completed square should look like this with the lines being where you folded (see fig. #4).  Repeat for the remaining squares of cardstock.

A

B

C

D

F

E

		     Figure #1		       Figure #2                     Figure #3                    Figure #4

3.	Take 1 piece of cardstock that has been folded (with the folds going upward) and place it on the table with the corner fold facing north and south (see below).  Using the glue stick, glue the square that has no fold lines on top of another square with no fold lines from another folded cardstock (with the folds going downward).  See fig. #5 below with the gray area being the overlapped square.  Making sure to alternate the folded squares up and down (one fold goes upward and the next fold goes downward).  Important – glue next to fold lines, do not overlap them.  Continue gluing each piece of cardstock until all 5 pieces have been glue together.  

					 Figure #5

Mini Scrapbook (Continued)

4.	Using tacky glue, glue the center of the 36” length of ribbon to the center of the inside (the side with no material/paper on it) of one of the cardboard/chipboards.  

5.	Finally, take the square with no fold lines that is on the left hand side (of those glued together) and using tacky glue, glue it to the center of the cardboard/chipboard on top of the ribbon.  Take the square with no fold lines that is on the right hand side and glue it to the center of the other cardboard/chipboard.  

6.	Now comes the toughest part.  Once all the pieces have been secured with glue and are sturdy, carefully fold up the mini scrapbook.  If any of the squares were overlapped on the fold lines then it may be difficult to fold the mini scrapbook up properly.  Sometimes trimming the overlapping pieces with scissors will help.  Unless each piece of cardstock was perfectly folded and glued the scrapbook will be a little off and that is okay.  As I explained to the girls in my troop, that’s what makes each scrapbook unique….just like us!

7.	Last but not least, once you have the scrapbook closed then tie the ribbon in a bow around it to keep it closed.  Congratulations! You’re done!  

8.	The scrapbook can be used for photos, autographs, address book or whatever the girls want.  If you want a larger scrapbook or smaller one just adjust the sizes.